Movie theaters; open captioning on any film that is regularly shown.
Summary
Open captioning at movie theaters. Requires all movie theaters that have four or more screens and are open to the general public to provide open captioning at least twice per week on any film that is regularly shown, provided that open captioning is available for such film. The bill requires such movie theaters to provide notice to the general public regarding the availability of open captioning and schedule at least one viewing during peak viewing time.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2020
Last action Jan 28, 2020
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
0
Committee
3
Jan 23, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021
Jan 14, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Assigned HWI sub: Social Services
Jan 6, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
Jan 6, 2020
House of Delegates · Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105058D
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Vivian Watts
DDemocratic
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